Russian OSINT Specialist

$72,150 - $130,425/Yr

Leidos - Charlottesville, VA

Full-time

Charlottesville, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Russian OSINT Specialist at Leidos is responsible for the collection and exploitation of publicly available information (PAI) to support customer interests. This role involves strategic, tactical, and operational analysis of various data sources, including unconventional deep and dark web sources. The specialist will synthesize foreign language information into clear intelligence reports, collaborate with teams, and adapt to real-world events to provide timely insights.

Responsibilities

• Respond to requests for information (RFIs) from customers by collecting data, interpreting results, and drafting detailed written reports.
• Work directly with the requester to re-scope and define tasks, manage expectations, and provide an understanding of OSINT capabilities.
• Find novel solutions for conducting open source exploitation to identify areas of operational efficiencies for the open source intelligence program.
• Collaborate with the quality control team to provide uniform and professionalized reporting in line with customer requirements.
• Work with CTR, CIV, and other parties in the collection process, OSINT requirements, AOR developments, and other aspects related to the collector position.
• Adjust for real-world crisis events and provide close to real-time collection as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent specialized language education & training with at least 4+ years of professional experience as an intelligence analyst, data collector, or linguist.
• Must be a US Citizen with an active Top Secret security clearance and willing to submit to a polygraph.
• Spoken and written fluency in Russian and/or Ukrainian.
• Experience with Boolean logic, natural language processing, social media analytics, data correlation, and data visualizations.
• Ability to write reports, format and populate dashboards, and provide context to data.
• Self-starter with a curious mindset and desire to solve problems and learn new skills.
• Strong organizational skills, time-management skills, attention to detail, and strong initiative.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior OSINT experience, particularly drafting of OSIRs.
• Current TS/SCI is preferred.
• Master's degree or equivalent.
• Proven experience with data exploitation techniques.
• Ability to script analyses and write algorithms to partially automate tasks in Python or R.
• Proven experience with statistical data mining techniques.